# Apgujeong Chinese restaurant with tableside mala soup: Mirim Yangjang - By Sion (https://superchart.com/en/@last-train-pour/) - Written Sep 18, 2026 - Local places › Bars › Gangnam, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@last-train-pour/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@last-train-pour/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/index.md) ## In short Mirim Yangjang Apgujeong is a Peking duck specialist and Chinese bar in a basement space about 5 minutes from Apgujeong Rodeo Station Exit 5 in Gangnam, Seoul. Booked through Catch Table for a weekday dinner, the order was half a Peking duck for 39,000 won, mala soup for 20,000 won simmered right at the table, and duck fried rice for 8,000 won. Even the half duck came with so much skin and meat that duck was left over after all the yabing wraps were gone — generous value for the price. ## Good to know - **Address**: B1, 40 Eonju-ro 168-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul - **Getting there**: About 5 minutes on foot from Apgujeong Rodeo Station Exit 5 - **Hours**: Daily 12:00–02:00 the next day (last order 01:00) - **Parking**: Valet parking available - **Other**: Reservations, takeout and delivery available - **Half Peking duck**: 39,000 won - **Duck fried rice**: 8,000 won - **Mala soup**: 20,000 won - **Drinks**: Coca-Cola 3,000 won / Sprite 3,000 won / Tsingtao beer 9,000 won *as written by the visitor on Sep 18, 2026* Wanting something different in Apgujeong Rodeo, I visited Mirim Yangjang — a spot famous as an Apgujeong Rodeo favorite and known for its Peking duck, so I had high expectations! 😋 Peking duck is my absolute favorite Chinese dish, and there aren't many places where you can eat it affordably and deliciously, so this felt like a real find. ![Exterior of Mirim Yangjang Apgujeong, an Apgujeong Rodeo Chinese bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-01-3ee5j-900.webp) ## Where is Mirim Yangjang Apgujeong, and what are the hours? - 📍 Address: 40 Eonju-ro 168-gil, B1, Gangnam-gu, Seoul - 🚇 By subway: about 5 minutes on foot from Apgujeong Rodeo Station Exit 5 - ⏰ Hours: Daily 12:00–02:00 / Last order 01:00 - 🚗 Parking: Valet parking available - 📌 Other: Reservations, takeout, and delivery available ![Menu board with photos displayed in front of the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-02-18qtx-900.webp) Outside the shop, there's a simple menu board with photos, and my top pick was, of course, Peking duck! They also seem well known for hot pot, along with fried eggplant, guo bao rou (sweet and sour pork), mapo tofu, mala soup, and Hong Kong-style egg noodles. ![Mirim Yangjang's duck character logo sign](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-03-q1tzw-900.webp) (A little embarrassing to admit, but) isn't the duck logo just so pretty and cute... ![Bright red staircase leading down to the basement level](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-04-17zzf-900.webp) The restaurant is on the basement floor, so I went down a staircase — and the stairs were covered entirely in bright red, giving the feeling of stepping into China for a moment. Apgujeong Rodeo does get a lot of foreign tourists, and indeed there were many foreign guests inside too. Truly an Apgujeong Rodeo favorite. ## Booking a weekday dinner on Catch Table and the table setting Since I'd booked ahead through Catch Table, my table was ready when I arrived at Mirim Yangjang Apgujeong. As I'd already ordered the half Peking duck, they set out cucumber strips, scallion strips, and hoisin sauce for it right away! ![Cucumber strips, scallion strips, and hoisin sauce set out for the Peking duck](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-05-ieoh2-900.webp) As side dishes, there was a tangy bean sprout salad and peanuts — the peanuts were the perfect beer snack... ![Bean sprout salad and peanuts served as basic side dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-06-wxtid-900.webp) The bean sprouts were sour, almost like a pickle, which paired really well with the Chinese food! ## What we ordered at Mirim Yangjang Apgujeong and what it cost ![Mirim Yangjang menu listing hot pot and barbecue dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-07-12jeh-966.webp) ![Mirim Yangjang menu listing noodle and rice dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-08-1y1i3-942.webp) The menu was quite varied — hot pot, appetizers, soups, vegetable dishes, barbecue, noodles, rice, and more. Deciding what to order at a Chinese restaurant is always the hardest part, but the half Peking duck was a given from the start; the rest took some thought. Seeing so many other guests eating mala soup made me suddenly crave it, so I added that, plus duck fried rice — that one was non-negotiable. > ⭐️ Our order — half Peking duck ₩39,000 / duck fried rice ₩8,000 / mala soup ₩20,000 / Coca-Cola ₩3,000 / Sprite ₩3,000 / Tsingtao beer ₩9,000 ![Peking ducks hanging in the open kitchen](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-09-hty53-900.webp) ![Golden-roasted ducks moved to the display case](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-10-4635f-900.webp) Ducks hanging in rows... The ones roasted to a golden brown get moved over to the display case on the right. Since it's an open kitchen, you can watch the Peking duck being prepared in real time — it doubles as its own kind of performance, which was a nice touch. ![Open kitchen where the Peking duck is prepared](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-11-1bj0s-900.webp) ### Duck fried rice, 8,000 won I went back and forth between the duck lettuce wraps and the duck fried rice. In the end I figured a rice dish would be nice, and it turned out to be the right call! I like my food on the saltier side, and the seasoning was spot on, with plenty of meat mixed throughout — really tasty. It also worked great as a palate cleanser at the start of the meal. ![Mirim Yangjang's duck fried rice with plenty of meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-12-l7p65-900.webp) ### Mala soup simmered at the table, 20,000 won The mala soup was the dish I was most curious about, seeing so many other tables digging into it. I've always had mala soup delivered before, so this was my first time having it cooked in front of me like this! (And also my first time eating mala soup at a Chinese bar rather than a dedicated mala soup shop.) They bring the pot already prepared, then turn on the burner so you can simmer it right at the table. It came to a bubbling boil pretty quickly. The ingredients were generous — bean sprouts, napa cabbage, fish balls, mushrooms, shrimp, glass noodles, and more. I don't usually eat cilantro, so I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it here, but it actually went surprisingly well with the mala soup — turns out cilantro isn't so bad after all. ![Mala soup simmering in a pot at the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-13-48b9v-900.webp) There's no spice level option here — it's served exactly as is, so it might be a bit spicy for people who really can't handle heat. I'm not exactly bad with spicy food, so it was fine for me. The moment I took my first sip, I thought, ah, this is real mala soup — the broth was addictive, and I just kept spooning it up. This is around when I ordered the Tsingtao beer, I think. ![Mala soup ingredients including bean sprouts and fish balls](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-14-412i5-900.webp) ![A small plate of mala soup broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-15-1mj7f-900.webp) The broth was so clean and refreshing... 👍🏻 I hadn't even had any alcohol yet but it already felt like a proper hangover cure. It also seems like it'd be a great way to finish off a night of drinking. ![A plate with Mirim Yangjang's half Peking duck](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-16-1sory-1200.webp) ## Half Peking duck for 39,000 won: how big is the portion? And now, the moment we'd been waiting for — the half Peking duck! Even at half a duck, the portion was huge... I was genuinely surprised at how generous it was. The best part of Peking duck is the skin, and they gave us plenty of that along with a generous amount of meat too — very satisfying (I secretly love the meat portion). ![Half Peking duck with generous skin and meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-17-1h9rm-900.webp) You can't have Peking duck without yabing (thin steamed wraps) — really, it's not Peking duck without them. The yabing were served warm, steam still rising off them. ![Warm yabing wraps served for the Peking duck](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-18-1uezt-900.webp) ![Duck meat and scallion strips placed on a yabing wrap](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-19-kjivt-900.webp) Piling on the meat, scallion strips, vegetables, and hoisin sauce, then rolling it up — absolute perfection... The meat was so tender and the vegetables so fresh that each rolled-up bite was fragrant and packed with flavor. ![A finished, rolled-up Peking duck wrap](https://img.superchart.com/images/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck-20-1jg18-900.webp) Eating it together with the purple pickled bean sprouts they gave us added a nice tangy touch too. Once you finish the pickled bean sprouts, they'll bring you more. There was even duck left over after finishing all the yabing, so we scraped up the remaining cucumber, scallion strips, and hoisin sauce to finish it off (so good). ## Weekday evening mood at Mirim Yangjang and the verdict Even on a weekday evening, the place was packed and had a lively energy, which I loved — and the food was satisfying across the board. Getting Peking duck this good at such an affordable price is genuinely rare, and Mirim Yangjang really delivered as an Apgujeong Rodeo favorite. I'll definitely be back to try more of the menu 😋💭 ## Where it is - Mirim Yangjang Apgujeong (미림양장 압구정점) - 40 Eonju-ro 168-gil, B1, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 강남구 언주로168길 40 지하1층 - 37.525739, 127.0367813 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%BC%EC%96%91%EC%9E%A5%20%EC%95%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%A0%95%EC%A0%90/@37.525739,127.0367813,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@last-train-pour/mirim-yangjang-apgujeong-malatang-peking-duck/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt